Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Training at the 54th Division Battle Training School at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. The three exercises are: attacking an enemy pillbox on Goose Hill, a Bren carrier exercise and trapping Armoured Fighting Vehicles.
Description: 26 to 28 February. Infantry platoon arriving at the end of a forced march. Close-up of a board reading "Road Closed". A soldier camouflaging his helmet. The camouflaged soldier. A Bren gunner awaiting the order to advance. Infantry advancing in a single file from cover. Section of rifles and Brens break from cover and run for a hillock. They wait on the side of the hillock while the trench mortar goes into action. Explosives being fired from the trench mortar. A Bren gunner firing from a trench. A section of the attacking platoon passing through a gap in a barbed wire fence. Taking cover under artificial camouflage. Men falling in after the capture of the pillbox. A Bren carrier leaving the cover of the wood and crossing a field. The carrier crashing through a hedge. A carrier crew mounting. The carrier crashing through a hedge onto the road. Close-up of a carrier and crew. Two carriers entering the trap. A third carrier comes to a standstill and is attacked by ST grenade "sticky bomb" followed by an assault using hand grenades under cover of a smokescreen. A Royal Engineer using a plunger to fire a charge of explosive. The explosion in the background.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Cuthbert (Signalman) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 54th Division, Battle Training School (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK (geography)
